ArmInfo. All territorial disputes and mutual claims between Baku and Yerevan should be resolved exclusively by political and diplomatic means, within the framework of a bilateral commission on border delimitation.
This was stated on April 3 during a weekly briefing by official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, when asked to comment on some media reports about the accumulation of Armenian Armed Forces troops on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. As ArmInfo previously wrote, the Azerbaijani side began an active campaign to spread disinformation about the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
Since March 30, the adversary has been spreading various types of information about the alleged accumulation of forces by the Armenian side on the border with Azerbaijan. And at night, the enemy side accused Armenia of violating the ceasefire, and fired at the positions of the Armenian army in two areas. The Russian diplomat appealed to the mass media to refrain from spreading provocative information and to act in a constructive environment.
"We are ready, for our part, to provide all possible assistance to the delimitation process. And we believe that the time has long come to establish the rhythmic work of the Russia-Armenia-Azerbaijan trilateral mechanisms. We call on our partners to show political will, to resume contacts in formats that have proven their effectiveness and within which, with Russia's assistance, an effective search for solutions to the most difficult issues was launched, including border delimitation, unblocking regional communications, and the development of a peace treaty," she said.
According to Zakharova, unlike the EU and the United States, 'which are engaged in extracting concessions from one side and making threats against the other', Moscow has always advocated a comprehensive, compromise settlement of existing disagreements in the interests of establishing sustainable peace and prosperity in the South Caucasus.
Zakharova added that Moscow's proposals still remain on the negotiating table.
When asked to comment on the meeting of the Prime Minister of Armenia, the US Secretary of State and the President of the European Commission to be held in Brussels on April 5, the Russian diplomat stated that she had already commented on this issue in detail.
"I will only add that, unfortunately, Yerevan persistently ignores the anti-Russian orientation of such developments, their absolute focus on the majority of countries in the region, their inconsistency with the stated goals of achieving stability in the South Caucasus. And most importantly, the lack of examples of how those who are now promise anything and everything to Yerevan somewhere, have never implemented it in the past", she said. . Regarding the plans of the United States and NATO in the region, Zakharova noted that Moscow relies on real facts in this matter, and in fact, since April 1, Pentagon instructors are in Yerevan. "They came to share the methods of American military propaganda. On March 19, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visited Armenia, during which he circulated anti-Russian narratives. Last September, exercises with the participation of the United States took place in Armenia. All of the abovementioned are anti-Russian measures and they are aimed at to destabilize the situation within the region," she noted, adding that Armenia has experience in resolving the regional situation with its internal forces and the resources of neighboring countries. The diplomat again pointed to Armenia's positive experience on this issue, noting that as soon as 'advisers and assistants from the EU and NATO begin to intervene, problems immediately begin, which are attributed to those who refuse to interact with those with whom they previously refused'. Referring to the statements of Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan that Moscow and Yerevan now speak different languages, the Russian diplomat noted with regret that 'people like Mirzoyan are driving Armenia into a dead end'.
She also touched upon the statement of the head of the Armenian Foreign Ministry about the possibility of severing diplomatic relations between Yerevan and Moscow. "Ararat Samvelovich, touching on this issue, said that he cannot predict the future. It's strange, usually politicians in power don't just predict the future, they create it. It's sad to hear that from Mirzoyan, especially considering the anniversary of relations between our countries," said a representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry. She also accused Yerevan of "sacrificing relations with its allies for the sake of ephemeral bonuses that the EU and the US lured it with." "But the question is that they are not betraying us, they are betraying their people," the Russian diplomat concluded.
